Launch SuccessfulSoviet Space Program

Proton: Mars-7

Name: Proton: Mars-7
Start: 1973-08-09T17:00:17Z
End: 1973-08-09T17:00:17Z
Location: 81/24 (81P)

Mars fly-by and lander mission

Thursday, 9 August 1973

Mission Data

🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931

Launch VehicleProton / UR-500 K/D

Vehicle FamilyProton / UR-500

Vehicle Record24 of 39 launches (61.5%)

Provider TypeGovernment

Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)

Success Streak17 consecutive

Mission TypeRobotic Exploration

Target OrbitMars flyby

Launch Pad81/24 (81P)

Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ

Orbital Launches This Year#59

Agency Launches This Year#45

Launches From This Pad93

Launches From This Site1,565

Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

This four stage version of the Proton was originally designed to send manned circumlunar spacecraft into translunar trajectory.

81/24 (81P) · 46.0710°N 62.9850°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.